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The 4th edition of Sound System Engineering by Don Davis, Eugene Patronis, Jr., and Pat Brown, offers a unique opportunity to put three mentors on your bookshelf. What is shared in the 4th edition took the authors a collective 150 years of experience, study and research. Long considered one of the key books on the well-informed audio engineer’s shelf, Sound System Engineering provides an accurate, complete, and concise tool for all those involved in designing, implementing, and testing sound reinforcement…
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At NAB 2013 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (April 8-10, 2013), Audio-Technica will present five 30-minute audio instructional sessions throughout the day at its booth, C1711. Dr. Fred Ginsburg, specialist in production sound recording for motion pictures and video, will conduct two sessions each day. The first session will focus on microphone techniques and applications used for episodic television with a focus on multi-track recording, and the second session will be about techniques for rigging and attaching lavalier microphones to…
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Alchemea College, one of the world’s leading creative media training colleges, specializing in full-time and short audio engineering, music production, live sound and video courses, has installed a Solid State Logic Duality SE for its Studio Sound Engineering program. The aim of the audio program is to give students a wide variety of skills in order to prepare them for the real world. Alchemea chose Duality to give students the very best educational experience working with a recognized, industry-leading console.…
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Renowned producer/engineer George Massenburg visits Boston’s Berklee College of Music twice a year as an Artist in Residence in the Music Production and Engineering Department. Working with Berklee’s Rob Jaczko, Chair of the Dept., Massenburg teaches in real recording sessions with students and shares his vast knowledge of recording, as well as bringing new technology and gear. “Allison Brown was also in residence, with our string department,” explained Rob Jaczko. “She is a gifted banjo maestra from Nashville, so we…
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The recording of the recent PSW webinar—“Wireless Apocalypse or Hype?”—is now available for viewing and download here. Presented by noted RF/wireless consultant James Stoffo, the webinar will get you up to speed on the state of affairs on white space device introduction in the U.S. this year and going forward, and how it will affect your wireless microphone and intercom operations. Further, learn methods to maximize your chances for successful wireless microphone and intercom operations. In addition, Stoffo unveiled wireless…
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The Nashville Recording Workshop + Expo is set to take place on May 14 and 15 at the Rocketown Event Center in downtown Nashville. Presented by the AES Nashville Section, the 2-day event provides an in-depth look at professional production tools and techniques for the everyday user through informative workshops and presentations. An open exhibitor area also offers attendees hands-on product showcases and demos, along with networking opportunities with audio professionals from around the country. The week will conclude with…
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Here we have two individuals, neither of whom are full-time soundmen, but despite that fact, are courageous operators of audio gear in their respective environments. I take my hat off to them! Hi, my name is Ron - Hello, Ron. I’m not going to tell you what my name is! I work in a nightclub as a bartender-maintenance-sound guy. Wow, you are a triple-threat individual! Once I told an arrogant sound guy who thought we were so special and superior…
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This is the first in a series of articles about how to safely rig, fly, suspend, attach, or otherwise elevate loudspeakers and associated sound equipment above the level that gravity intends; i.e. the ground. The information we’ll be presenting is equally applicable to professionals who are touring or working with rental systems - and to those who are engaged in permanent installations. While the means, methods, and techniques may vary a bit from rental to permanent install work, the principals…
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Soundcraft is taking its popular “Mixing with Professionals” (MwP) training to the upcoming Prolight + Sound 2013 in Frankfurt. Hosting the sessions will be Harman’s Gert Sanner, front of house engineer for Deep Purple for many years, and freelance engineer Mathias Lunau, who has worked with Peter Maffay, Howard Carpendale, Matthias Raul, Klaus Lage and most recently finished the Echo winning Tabaluga Musical Tour. Sanner and Lunau will provide formal training and demonstrations on the new Soundcraft Si Expression consoles…
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What happens if a piece of suspended rental equipment is put in service and falls from its rigging, resulting in damage to the property, as well as to the technician installing it and perhaps even several other crew members? Besides destroying the rental equipment, there is a high probability that a lawsuit will follow. If you’re the unfortunate soul owning the piece of equipment that failed, you can count on being the primary defendant in the complaint. It’s at this…
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